Do you have lucky numbers? How about other superstitious things that seem to help you out?
I'm not too superstitious myself. I do like the fun of thinking something might be lucky...
For instance, yesterday I bought a mega millions lottery ticket. I do this about 2 or 3 times a year- when I hear about the jackpot being extraordinarily large. Since my husband has assured me that the lottery is indeed a tax on people who are bad at math and I don't really think this is the best use of household resources, I don't do this on any regular basis.
However, I do find some enjoyment of just hanging onto that lottery ticket and thinking that I just might be toting around a small piece of paper that could end up being the key to a very large cash windfall, right there in my purse. That seems to be enough fun and enjoyment for my $2-$3 dollar yearly investment in the lottery.
Credit: Salvatore Vuano, from freedigitalphotos.com
How about you? Do you play? What If you won the lottery? What's the first thing you would do?
I'm a chatty one, really. But lately, not so much.
I'm getting through some wierdness- something about seeing my husband go through things with his family that reminds me yet again why we're so perfect for each other. Somehow it's tougher from the outside sometimes. Ya know what I mean? It also helps me to see why I'm lucky; as we all are in many ways.
Single Four Leaf Clover, by Lamnee/ found at freedigitalphotos.net
On this St. Patrick's Day, I'm feeling lucky because:
1) I have a future to look forward to that has nothing to do with my past.
2) Fulfilling goals is important to me and I am excited about doing more of that.
3) Being able to stop and realize that things are never all that out of control has become a part of who I am.
4) Simple beauty appeals to me.
5) My dogs think I am the 'cat's meow' and they make me feel like a VIP.
6) I can drive, work, stand and walk for longer than most, without complaining.
7) My husband wants nothing more than to have me be the me I want to be.
8) People get excited about my cooking.
9) My friends trust me to the nth degree.
10) Most of the time I'm on the short learning curve.
Now You....? Please tell me what makes you lucky too!
The cars in our household are all still stick shift. In fact, it's one of the reasons I haven't purchased a newer SUV yet... We also don't use GPS and are perfectly capable of finding our way out of a traffic jam, etc. using a good old map and some common sense. And I am currently sending my nephew notes in the mail every couple of days to remind him to get his school assignments done before we leave for Palm Springs so he can enjoy a real vacation. This song says a lot of things that I can agree with. I am especially drawn to the lines in the chorus: Hey, whatever happened to waitin' your turn
Doing it all by hand,
'Cause when everything is handed to you
It's only worth as much as the time put in
It all just seemed so good the way we had it
Back before everything became automatic
Full lyrics to Miranda Lambert's "Automatic":
Quarter in a payphone
Drying laundry on the line
Watching Sun Tea in the window
Pocket watch tellin' time
Seems like only yesterday I'd get a blank cassette
Record the country countdown 'cause I couldn't buy it yet
If we drove all the way to Dallas just to buy an Easter dress
We’d take along a Rand McNally, stand in line to pay for gas
God knows that shifting gears ain’t what it used to be
I learned to drive that 55 just like a queen, three on a tree
Hey, whatever happened to waitin' your turn
Doing it all by hand,
'Cause when everything is handed to you
It's only worth as much as the time put in
It all just seemed so good the way we had it
Back before everything became automatic
If you had something to say
You'd write it on a piece of paper
Then you'd put a stamp on it
And they'd get it three days later
Boys would call the girls
And girls would turn them down
Staying married was the only way to work your problems out
Hey, whatever happened to waitin' your turn
Doing it all by hand,
'Cause when everything is handed to you
It's only worth as much as the time put in
It all just seemed so good the way we had it
Back before everything became automatic
Automatic
Let's pull the windows down
Windows with the cranks
Come on let's take a picture
The kind you gotta shake
Hey, whatever happened to waitin' your turn
Doing it all by hand,
'Cause when everything is handed to you
It's only worth as much as the time put in
It all just seemed so good the way we had it
Back before everything became, automatic
Give this one a listen and let me know what you think!
Hi All-
I could go on about how I so much wanted to post something on another day this week, but hey I'm here now. Let's do this!
I've got my dogs on the brain right now. I have been meaning to post an 'update' pertaining to many things I have blogged about before and I realized that so many of those items have something to do with my dogs.
So here we go, let's see how this combo works out!
First the updates-
1) The 40th Birthday party rocked! I heard from so many people that this was the best party they have been to in a very long time! I think we got our 70's theme down just right and Elvis was such a hit!
We held the party at a friends place that used to be a church so it was one big giant hall of sorts.
We went with 70's colors for the cake-
We had a pet rock making station!
Our friends place is already decorated in mid-century modern and then we added extra 70's goodies
like smiley face decor-
Album covers and wooden serveware-
Lava lamps-
And wine bottles covered in wax drippings-
And of course, Elvis- in full 70's jumpsuit glory!
My old lady neighbor- the one I bring the beer to- really got her groove on!!!
2) My chihuahua, Tanner, is now in love with agility. He literally asks, with a particularly beg-worthy face, to do it all the time! He can do a row of hurdles with no problem and he loves to finish by jumping high through a hoop and then taking a bow. I am working on making a pvc teeter-totter for him and I will be adding a tunnel to his practice equipment. I have got to get some photos of this!
3) As for my 100 day challenge: I am 54 days in and have missed only 4 nights of making sure to wash and moisturize my face at night, as well as doing it in the morning- which I always do. Boy have I seen a huge difference in the breakout issues I get. It is such a big improvement. I will be sticking with this! Now my two dogs, Hailey and Tanner, are inspiring me to start a new 100 day challenge. I am going to do some sort of outdoor walk/exercise with them every day for 100 days. The weather in the northwest is particularly depressing/grey/misty/rainy at this time of year. But I figure I'd better get a good start on being outdoors all the time when I move to California and the dogs will love it!
4) My dogs also love it that I am home more now that I am finished with the Hawaii moving project for my friend. They haven't yet figured out why I am moving/cleaning/boxing/bagging everything in sight. I know they will be happy when they figure out it means we are moving to a warm sunny place!
So that's all I can think of in the update arena, but you can see why I have dogs on my mind! So now it's finally on to today's 'What If Wednesday' question. I am inspired by the fact that I just made sure to make note of relevant and identifying info and put it in several safe places to be sure it can be found and used, should I ever need to. Not that I would want to... Today's 'What If" is: What if your pet/s went missing? Do you have a plan to help locate them? Are your pets micro-chipped? If so, are their micro-chip numbers registered with a service? Do you even remember what the name of the service is?! Do you have recent pictures of your pets handy?
My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog thinks I am!
